A recent article in Charleston’s Gazette-Mail newspaper summarizes natural gas and liquids production in West Virginia for 2014 (the most recent year of complete data).  The numbers are astounding.  Over one trillion cubic feet of gas were produced in the state, enough to supply electricity to over 24 million homes for a year, if I … More West Virginia 2014 Natural Gas Production

I’m a big fan of the normal distribution. You know, the bell curve that gave us all such fits in statistics class. Increasingly, as I grow older and observe, I see many things that seem to fall under its classic shape—the relative favorability of a political figure, the strength of opinions on controversial issues, math … More Gas, Bells, and Tails